re: Critically Acclaimed Movies That You HatePosted by Zamoro10 on 4/12/13 at 12:18 am to BOSCEAUX

Memento (I don't know, just bothered me - and then everyone loving it - such a claustraphobic movie that frankly - because of the style - didn't really care to the go back and follow the protagonist find out the story of the first five minutes.) But maybe hate is too strong.

Little Miss Sunshine - now this movie I hated. Hated. Everything about it.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding - why was this movie so critically loved? It's a pile crap. Maybe you have to be Greek to get the jokes?

Children of Men - sci-fi/futuristic version of Crash. Pandering, transparent and dumb.

re: Critically Acclaimed Movies That You HatePosted by Qwerty on 4/12/13 at 12:32 am to kc8876

quote:Because one of the reasons you don't like the movie is because you loathe bad people in movies. That's about the most pathetic reason I've ever heard (at least from a man) for not liking a movie

There's a difference between complex characters who do bad things and characters who are basically detestable without significant redeeming quality. When the movie asks me to care about these people as protagonists, sorry, it won't happen. That makes the movie uninteresting at best to me.

re: Critically Acclaimed Movies That You HatePosted by Freauxzen on 4/12/13 at 12:41 am to kc8876

quote:Because one of the reasons you don't like the movie is because you loathe bad people in movies.

I never said that though. I said that their are no redeeming characters, which means, there's no hero, no one to root for. Not that I don't like bad people in movies. Yeah I agree, that's dumb. A good villain, as a foil to a good hero, is great thing to watch.

Problem is, Godfather is full of villains, not heroes, and it glorifies that fact. Therefore, it's uninteresting.

I hope you realize my word choice of "dislike," is important. I never said it was a bad film, but you're reacting as if I did.

quote:That's about the most pathetic reason I've ever heard (at least from a man) for not liking a movie

You do realize that there's a whole slew of old world male philosophers who would argue that art's imperative it to present us with moral good. That showing immorality is actually a bad thing. I actually tend to agree with them in theory, so yes, that is some of my beef with the film. But that goes to more overt problems like torture porn films and stuff. Less so for something like the Godfather.

re: Critically Acclaimed Movies That You HatePosted by Freauxzen on 4/12/13 at 12:42 am to Qwerty

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quote:Because one of the reasons you don't like the movie is because you loathe bad people in movies. That's about the most pathetic reason I've ever heard (at least from a man) for not liking a movie

There's a difference between complex characters who do bad things and characters who are basically detestable without significant redeeming quality. When the movie asks me to care about these people as protagonists, sorry, it won't happen. That makes the movie uninteresting at best to me.

The other big problem is that even if you take Michael as the protagonist, he has absolutely no real agency as a character. But that's the way I read it. He does not act on his own accord, which, again, makes him terribly uninteresting.

This is also a big argument for people, I know some will vehemently disagree, but I think there's a lot of evidence to support that claim. He's actually extremely weak willed when viewed through a particular lens, which is the exact opposite intention of the ending.